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RE: Most SteemIt Game And Contest Hosts Are Breaking The Rules! Are You?
Interesting point, but one thing to keep in mind is that the Steemit FAQ is not rules per se, it's more like guidelines on how to behave on the blockchain. Anyone can choose whether or not to follow this etiquette, but I find that most people do not flag contests who require upvotes for entry.
They don’t indeed. Still, it’s not really fair to everyone to ask for one...
Maybe I should add a little nuance to the post...
I have a question, though, before I do so: if SteemIt FAQ are not the rules, but the etiquette, why does it have the question ‘Is there an Etiquette Guide for Steemit’ with a reference link to an etiquette guide?
Good question. Anyway, the FAQ is created by Steemit Inc., but it is not a list of official rules for the blockchain. This means that Steemit Inc. apparently considers upvote contest a type of abuse, but they cannot really do anything about it other than potentially flag the post if they want to. So no one has to follow the guidelines in the FAQ, but going against them can obviously lead to some flags if users find the content to be abuse.
There are however official rules for using Steemit (see point #15). If you break these rules you can be banned from Steemit.com, but your Steem account can still be used on other websites such as busy.org, dtube and the other apps who access the blockchain.
Thanks for clearing that up. This was a very useful answer. I will think about how I can update ythe post to make the message more correct...
Quite a disclaimer they have - lol
‘Attempt to circumvent any content filtering techniques we employ,...’
That raises some questions :0)
Cool, thanks for the info @valth.
The laws of a country are more like "guidelines" if you are rich, ha ha...
So true!!!!!!!!
That actually made more sense then I expected quite impressed with myself...
The rich part, and laws being a guideline. It's very relative.